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B. B. JEWETT.

REFRIGERATOR.

No. 307,857. Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

FIG. 1.

Witnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT 0FFICE EDGAR B. JEYVETT, OF BUFFALO, NElV YORK.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,857, dated November 11, 1884-.

Application filed August 29, 1884. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR B. JEWETT, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to improvements in refrigerators; and it consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of parts and details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate my said invention more fully, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved refrigerator, parts being shown in section and broken away to expose underlying portions. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 is a perspective, view of the combined removable ice-chamber and water-reservoir.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in all the figures.

This refrigerator is constructed, essentially, of the usual wooden structure, A, having in the top B an opening provided with a lid or cover, 0, said opening being constructed for the purpose of enabling the insertion into the refrigerator of the combined ice-receptacle and water-reservoir D, said vessel D being provided with a laterally-projecting flange, (Z, adapted to rest upon the cleatsb, secured to the under side of the top B. Below the upper or projecting flange, d,there are in the side walls of the vessel D a series of openings, cl, and a suitable distance below these openings a further series of openings, (2, as clearly shown in the figures. In the'interior of the vessel D there are secured suitable supports, a, for an ice-rack, G, said supports a being placed underneath the row of apertures d for the object hereinafter to be referred to. The vessel D is closed on its lower end by a bottom, D, and it has in one of its ends a boss, 7, into which a faucet, L, is removably fixed. Underneath the vessel D there is placed a removable waste-water receptacle, E, resting upon cleats 6, said receptacle E being adapted to receive the drippings resulting from the condensation of moisture upon the cold side and end walls of the vessel D. In the interior of the refrigerator there are provided suitable racks, A, upon which the substances and articles to be preserved are placed.

In operation the ice is stored upon the rack G, and a circulation of air obtained by the warmer air rising in the provision-chambers K and entering the icechamber D through the openings cl and descending in said icechamber, passing out of the same through the lower apertures, d, a sufficient reduction of temperature of the air being attained by its passing the ice H, stored upon the rack G.

The water resulting from the melting of the ice collects in the water-reservoir D, and is withdrawn therefrom by the faucet L. Should, h0wever,this water be allowed to accumulate, owing to the neglect of the attendants,,it will rise in said reservoir D until it reaches the lower rows of openings, d,in the ice-chamber, when it will escape through said openings and collect in the removable tray E, underneath said chamber D. The vessel D is preferably made from galvanized sheet-iron. It may, however, be also made of othersuitable metal or material and covered with a substance or metal, forming a protection against corrosion in any Well-known manner. This vessel D may be readily withdrawn from the refriger ator by removing the faucet L and lifting it out of said refrigerator by the handles G. (Shown in Figs. land 2.)

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim In a refrigerator, a removable ice-receiver and water-reservoir combined substantially as described,said water-reservoir being formed integral with said ice-receiver and adapted for insertion into and removal from said refrigerator, substantially as and for the object specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR B. JEWETT.

Attest:

MIoHAEL J. STARK, MINNIE HEIM. 

